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Discorotalia

Notorotaliidae

Taxonomy
Discorotalia was named by Hornibrook (1961) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l T Mi-m]. It was considered unknown by Hornibrook (1961).

It was assigned to Notorotaliidae by Hornibrook (1961); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. aranea, D. tenuissima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Discorotalia Hornibrook
2002Discorotalia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyRotalioideaEhrenberg 1839
familyNotorotaliidae
genusDiscorotalia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Discorotalia Hornibrook 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Altonian or 21.70000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand D. aranea (77488)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand D. aranea, D. tenuissima (77489)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63South Pacific D. spp. (254238)